Animal toy.



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ANIMAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED Dec. 22, IQII.

` 1,286,866.,` l Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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Y ALBERTk E. WOOLNOUGH, ory BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ANIMAL TOY.

To all whom `z' may concern: f

Be it known that I, ALBERT NoUGH, a citizen ofthe United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved AnimalToy, of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description. v

The invention` relates to animal toys mounted on wheels to be drawnalong the floor, and its object is to provide a new and improved animaltoy of the quadruped type and which is exceedingly strong and durable,cheap to manufacture, with the legs and wheels properly spaced on theaxlesy to prevent binding of the wheels on drawing the toy along.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a body havingfore and hind legs, front and rear axles extending through correspondinglegs and .projecting beyond the sides thereof, wheelsjournaled on theouter ends of the said axles, and spacing members each formed of a pieceof wire formed into a coil through which extends the corresponding axle,one of the spacing members extendin kbetween a pair of legs and oneextending etween each leg and the corresponding wheel. Use kis alsomadeof connecting bars connecting the front and rear axles with eachother to give the desired strength to the toy.

A practical embodiment of the invention is representednin theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this-specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the animal toy;

Fig. 2 is a sectionalr plan view of the -same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the spacing members.

The body 10 of the animal toy is of the usual stuied kind and isprovided with fore legs 11 and 12 and hind legs 13 plainly shown in thedrawings. Front and rear axles 15 and 16 extend through the fore legs 11and 12 and the hind legs 15 and 16,

*and the said axlesv project beyond the sides kand legs, and on theouter ends of the axles are journaled front and rear wheels 17, 18 and19, 20, respectively. 'I he front and rear axles 15 and 16 are connectedwith each other by spacing bars 21 and 22 through Specification ofLetters Patent.

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. Application filedleeember 22, 1917. i Serial No. 208,888.

which extend the axles loosely, the connectingbars being located at theouter sides of the legs 11, 12 and 13, 14.

In order to hold the fore legs 11 and 12 and the hind legs 13 and 14properly spaced apart, use is made of spacing members 25 and 26, eachpreferably in the form of a piece of wire formed into a coil throughwhich extends the corresponding axle 15 or 16. Washers'27 and 28 areheld on each axle 15 and 16 and abut against the inner sides of thecorresponding legs 11, 12 and 13, 14, and the spacing members 25 and-26havetheir outer ends abutting against the washers 27 and 28. Thus by thearrangement described the fore legs 11 and 12 and the hind legs 13 and14 are held properly spaced apart.' `Spacing members 3() of aconstruction similar4 to the spacing members 25 and 26 are arranged onthe axles 15, 16 between the spacing'bars 21, 22 and the correspondingwheels 17, 18, 19 and 20. Thus the wheels are rendered practicallyparallel with the connecting bars 21 and 22 without danger of binding onthe axles to insure an easy drawing along of the animal toy over afloor, sidewalk or other surface.

The spacing members 25, 26 and 30 can vbe very cheaply manufactured andreadily slipped in place on the axles between the parts mentioned sothat the parts can be readily assembled and the toy can be cheaplymanufactured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. An animal toy .of the quadruped type, comprising abody having fore and hind legs, front and rear axles extendingthroughthe corresponding legs and projecting beyond the sides thereof, wheelsjournaled on the outer ends of the axles, and spacing members eachformed of a piece of wire formed finto a coil through which extends thecorresponding` axle, one of the spacing members extending between a pairof legs and one extending between each leg and the corresponding wheel.

2. An animal toy of the quadruped type, comprising a body having foreand hind legs, front and rear axles extending through the correspondinglegs and projecting beyond the sides thereof, wheels journaled on theouter ends of the axles, connecting bars each other adjacent the outersides of the legs and tubular spaeingv ineinbersonfthe axles for holdingthe legsspaced apart and l the Wheels spaced from the' legs andconmeeting bars. A

3. In an article of the character described, an axle,.whee1s mountedupon the extremifv tie'sfthe a'Xle, a'bo'dy having lateral spacedportions through Whie'h I'the axle passes, 5a

Copiesfof this patent may he obtained sleeve disposed to snrronndsaid'uaxle between thespaced portions, Washers loosely 10 surroundingtheaxle at'the end of the sleeve, and sleeves disposed between said spacedportions and the outer ends of the axle, each of said sleeves beingformed ofa .coiled spring.

ALBERTAE. WOOLNOUGH.

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